Mon.Feb 13, 2023

article thumbnail

To Support Student Success, Faculty and Campus Leaders Need to Feel a Sense of Belonging Too

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

By Denise S. Bartell, Sandra Robinson & Willie McKether Only two-thirds of new college students will complete their degree within six years. For Black, Latinx, and Native American students, this number is much lower. For colleges and universities to close these equity gaps, they must address the core of the student experience: the time that students spend in the classroom.

Faculty 312
article thumbnail

To fight student disengagement, real-world projects can help

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Undergraduate students are struggling to stay engaged in class—and they believe that material more directly connected to real-life issues could help solve the problem. That’s a key finding of the recent State of the Student 2022 survey by the academic publishing company Wiley, which noted that 55 percent of undergraduate and 38 percent of graduate students said they struggle to remain interested in their classes.

Industry 131
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Eye to the Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Morgan State University, the largest of Maryland’s four historically Black colleges and universities, is thriving. Enrollment is strong. There is record external and state funding. There is institutional focus on achieving Research One status. Innovative programming continues to grow, and the student body is more diverse than ever. The long-running lawsuit between Maryland’s HBCUs and the state was finally settled, and Morgan State received its first appropriation from those funds on July 1, 202

Research 306
article thumbnail

First Latina Miss Coppin State faces social media backlash

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Keylin Perez, a senior at Coppin State University, was thrilled to be the first Latina crowned Miss Coppin State University, or the university “queen,” a student leadership role at the historically Black institution in Baltimore. She ran unopposed, but not everyone is excited about her win. Perez recently received a surge of vitriol and harassment on social media after she posted a lighthearted TikTok video of her and Mister Coppin bumping into their counterparts at Morgan Sta

Media 120
article thumbnail

College Board Admits Mistakes in AP African American Studies Release and Condemns Florida Administration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The College Board has admitted almost two weeks after publishing a revised AP African American Studies course framework that it made mistakes in the course’s roll out and condemned the actions and rhetoric of Florida officials surrounding the matter, The Hill reported. Gov. Ron DeSantis “The dialogue surrounding AP African American Studies has moved from healthy debate to misinformation,” College Board said in a statement.

article thumbnail

Florida colleges have no right to accreditation (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In a recent piece in The Atlantic , Tom Nichols argues that “Florida has a right to destroy its universities.” Governor Ron DeSantis, he writes, “has decided to root out wrong-think at one of Florida’s public colleges”—New College of Florida—“and his harebrained meddling will likely harm the school, but he has every right to do it.

article thumbnail

UNCF to Host Networking and Educational Conference

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The United Negro College Fund’s (UNCF) Leadership Conference will host a conference Feb. 16-19 to bring together students, faculty, HBCU community leaders, funding experts, sponsors, alumni, and UNCF-member institutions. Michael J. Cleveland The three-day event will take place in Birmingham, AL, and aims to provide networking and educational opportunities.

Education 246

More Trending

article thumbnail

Help Wanted

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With COVID-19 and its mutations still a presence and cold and flu season in full swing, nurses across the nation continue to be pushed to their limits. In January, nurses from two of New York City’s private hospitals went on strike. Staffing levels were a significant issue in the negotiations. The Ohio State University College of Nursing uses its Summer Institute for Future Nurses as a recruiting tool for high school students.

article thumbnail

Why Faculty Diversity Matters

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Did you know that full-time faculty at 4-year universities are: 225 percent more likely to be of a non-Chrisitian faith than other US adults. 131 percent more likely to on the political left. 60 percent more likely to identify as LGBTQ. 55 percent more likely to be religiously unaffiliated. 55 percent less likely to be Black and 67 percent less likely to be Hispanic.

Faculty 98
article thumbnail

UC Irvine to Launch Pre-Health Professional Development Program to Support Students from Underserved Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of California, Irvine, will launch an interdisciplinary, pre-health professional development program, which aims to support students from underserved communities interested in healthcare careers. Dr. Belinda Campos UC PRIME Pre-Health Pathways (UCPPP) – it is receiving funding from a five-year, $3.6 million grant from the California Department of Health Care Access and Information – will select undergraduates for training, advising, and support to increase readiness for medical sc

article thumbnail

Income-driven repayment overhaul 'a step forward'

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Advocates want graduate students and borrowers with Parent PLUS loans included in the Education Department’s planned overhaul of income-driven repayment, while critics want the planned changes scrapped altogether, citing the cost and concerns of executive overreach. The Education Department received nearly 13,000 comments from borrowers, lawmakers, researchers and others about the draft regulations for income-driven repayment during the 30-day comment period that ended Friday.

Finance 98
article thumbnail

ANNE EDWARDS

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Anne Edwards Anne Edwards has been named director of the Black Cultural Center at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. Edwards earned a bachelor’s degree in hospitality and tourism management at Purdue University. She holds an MBA from Valparaiso University in Indiana and a Ph.D. in educational psychology from Northern Illinois University.

article thumbnail

Taking a big-picture approach to grad school and your career (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Category: Carpe Careers Grad school is a perfect opportunity to look beyond minute details and hone that mind-set, a skill that can be used throughout your career and life, writes Anne Meyer-Miner. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Graduate students Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Nadezhda Buravleva/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?

98
article thumbnail

Purdue University to Receive $50 Million to Name Institute in Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business After Benefactor Bruce White.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Purdue University will receive $50 million to name the undergraduate institute in the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business the Bruce White Undergraduate Institute. Bruce White White – he died Jan. 19 – was founder and chairman of White Lodging, former member of the Purdue Board of Trustees, and longtime university benefactor. The $50 million commitment comes from The Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation and is the largest monetary contribution made to Purdue’s School of Management/Bus

Finance 240
article thumbnail

Why everyone should be talking about student success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The University Innovation Alliance has been a vocal proponent of student success since its original 11 public member institutions came together in 2014 to innovate based on that goal, with a particular emphasis on scale. Now with 15 members, the alliance—which describes itself as a “multi-campus laboratory for student success innovation”—has produced 118,000 additional graduates as a result of its efforts.

article thumbnail

Kirkwood Community College to Close or Modify Programs and Lay Off Faculty and Staff Due to Low Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kirkwood Community College will be closing or modifying three programs and is laying off faculty and staff, citing low enrollment, Corridor Business Journal reported. “Part of our mission is to identify community needs in order to provide exceptional education and training for the communities we serve across our seven counties,” said Kirkwood President Dr.

article thumbnail

Mindfulness-based wellbeing for doctoral students

Teaching Matters Academic Support

In this extra post, Anne MacDonald, shares insights into the process of designing a mindfulness programme to support Doctoral students in their PhD journey. Anne – a PhD student at the Moray House of Education and Sport – spearheaded this initiative through the Student Partnership Agreement 2022.

article thumbnail

Mass Shooting Kills Three and Critically Wounds Five Students at Michigan State University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Yet another U.S. mass shooting has killed three and critically wounded five Michigan State University (MSU) students. The gunman – he committed suicide – was 43-year-old Anthony Dwayne McRae, someone not affiliated with the school, said MSU Interim Deputy Police Chief Chris Rozman. “We have no idea why he came to campus to do this tonight,” Rozman said.

224
224
article thumbnail

European Art Classroom: Time Flying in Aix and Beyond

Proctor Academy

This past week has been amazing, filled with fun excursions, great food, and constant laughter! Our first excursion of the week did not go as planned due to the weather, so instead, we went to the Vasarely Museum and Ikea!

Food 80
article thumbnail

SOFIYA ALHASSAN

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sofiya Alhassan Sofiya Alhassan has been appointed associate dean for inclusion and engagement for the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She served as the graduate program director of the kinesiology department. Alhassan received a bachelor’s degree from Stetson University and master’s and doctorate degrees in exercise physiology from Auburn University.

211
211
article thumbnail

ResLife Pro-D in a Bag: Transitioning From A Program Model To A Residential Curriculum (1 hour)

Roompact

The Roompact “ResLife Pro-D in a Bag” series provides all the details you’ll need to create a professional development opportunity for your staff around a given topic. Each facilitation guide outlines free and open source videos to watch, articles to read, quizzes and inventories to complete, and suggested questions for discussion and activities.

article thumbnail

Fundraiser Fiasco at Connecticut College

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Students at Connecticut College are calling on President Katherine Bergeron to step down over plans for a controversial fundraiser in Florida. The fundraiser was set to be held at the Everglades Club, one of the oldest and most exclusive country clubs in Palm Beach. The venue has a history of racial discrimination and antisemitism ; it famously barred both Black crooner Sammy Davis Jr. and Jewish fashion mogul Estée Lauder from even entering.

article thumbnail

3 Super Simple Ways to Teach Self-Direction Skills to Student-Led Learners

Experiential Learning Depot

I often get asked about tips for helping students build self-direction skills. Teachers commonly enter the world of student-led learning inspired and confident but quickly discover that many of their students are unable to self-direct, and that can be frustrating not just for you but for your students as well. Your excitement gets squashed and you are disappointed because your student-led learning plans didn’t unfold the way you expected.

article thumbnail

Ruth Simmons to Leave Prairie View Earlier Than Expected

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Ruth Simmons will leave the presidency of Prairie View A&M University this month, four months earlier than she had previously announced. “No one is more surprised than I by this premature end to my tenure,” Simmons wrote to the campus. “Indeed, I had counted on working assiduously to assure the success of my successor by completing in full and as ably as I can my responsibilities as president.

article thumbnail

Possible removal of diversity initiatives to have negative effects on university communities, higher education faculty say

University Business

The potential elimination of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts throughout Florida’s public universities could result in losses in students’ success and their ability to excel in a transnational context, according to special advisor to the College of Arts and Sciences Dean on DEI (SADEI) Tangela Serls and Middlebury College vice president for DEI Khuram Hussain.

article thumbnail

Accreditor Delivers Show Cause Letter to Idaho College

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The accreditation saga at North Idaho College continues: last week the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities sent the community college a show cause letter. The letter—which requires an institution to demonstrate why its accreditation should not be revoked—is the latest in a series of warnings from NWCCU, the college’s accreditor, over actions taken by a majority of NIC’s Board of Trustees.

article thumbnail

HBCUs have been underfunded for decades. A history of higher education tells us why

University Business

The state of facilities at historically Black colleges and universities, also known as HBCUs, again made headlines in recent weeks. Student protests broke out at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona, Fla., over unsanitary conditions, as well as mold and rat-infested dorms. Listen to the interview on WRKF. The post HBCUs have been underfunded for decades.

article thumbnail

8 Students Have Died at NC State This Academic Year

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A student death, apparently by suicide, on Saturday brings to eight the number of students who have died at North Carolina State University this academic year, The New & Observer reported. A graduate student was found dead Thursday from what are believed to be natural causes. Counseling services are available to students, who are being urged to use them.

75
article thumbnail

Colorado bests national education attainment goal

University Business

(Colorado News Connection) Colorado is one of just four states where more than 60 percent of adults aged 25-64 have achieved a professional certificate or degree beyond high school, according to a new Lumina Foundation report. Andrew Vidockler, assistant director of Pickens Technical College in Aurora, credits the state’s high ranking to good partnerships between local school districts and institutes of higher learning, as well as state agencies deploying resources in ways to help student

article thumbnail

Valparaiso Plans to Sell 3 Paintings Worth $20 Million

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Valparaiso University plans to sell three paintings, including a work by Georgia O’Keeffe, ARTnews reported. The university said it would use the funds to support the building of a new residential complex for first-year students. The Association of American Museum Directors, the American Alliance of Museums, the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries, and the Association of Art Museum Curators said on Thursday that the plan is not consistent with their values.

article thumbnail

The Impact of COVID-19 Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds

Higher Education Today

Title: Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund: 2021 Annual Performance Report Authors: U.S. Department of Education; Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development; and the Office of Postsecondary Education Source: U.S. Department of Education Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress passed three pieces of legislation that granted a total of $76 million to the.

article thumbnail

Carleton College to Begin Divesting From Fossil Fuels

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Carleton College will start to “reduce its exposure” to fossil fuel companies, according to a joint statement from Carleton president Alison Byerly and Board of Trustees chairman Wally Weitz. The college’s Board of Trustees voted Thursday to immediately eliminate all the institution’s direct holdings in fossil fuel companies and pledged not to make any new investments in private funds that focus on oil and gas holdings, according to Byerly and Weitz’s statement.

Faculty 75
article thumbnail

The Gen Z Workforce: Addressing Mental Health and Well-being

Higher Education Today

Title: The Mental Health and Wellbeing of Young Professionals Authors: Mary Christie Institute, the Healthy Minds Network, the American Association of Colleges and Universities, and the National Association for Colleges and Employers Source: Mary Christie Institute The Mary Christie Institute, in partnership with the Healthy Minds Network, the American Association of Colleges and Universities, and.

article thumbnail

New Mexico State Suspends Troubled Men’s Basketball Season

Confessions of a Community College Dean

New Mexico State University said on Friday that it had indefinitely suspended the operation of its men’s basketball program, citing “new allegations … involving potential violations of university policy.” The university’s statement on Twitter did not describe the allegations but said they were separate from the shooting that occurred last fall involving one of its players.

article thumbnail

Governors Address Broadband Issues in State of States 2023 - Governing

Ray Schroeder

Governors are going deep on broadband. Whether an incumbent or newly elected, thanks to a historic infusion of federal funds, governors cited the millions in investment going to bolstering connectivity within their borders, with many getting specific about residents and businesses slated for high-speed Internet: Missouri Gov. Mike Parson mentioned $250 million to expand broadband to connect every household, business, school and farm in the state; Nebraska Gov.

article thumbnail

Plan to Reduce Faculty Workload Delayed Indefinitely

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A plan to reduce faculty workloads at Metropolitan State University of Denver, which had been expected to take effect in the fall, has been delayed indefinitely, Colorado Public Radio reported. The planned reduction would have had most tenure-track faculty members reduced from teaching four to three courses a semester. The university would hire additional faculty members to make up for the lost courses.

Faculty 75
article thumbnail

Budget, enrollment drop for WSU - Yahoo News

Ray Schroeder

Washington State University has announced another round of budget reductions after months of acknowledging the lasting effects of COVID-19 and a decline in enrollment. "The decrease in enrollment while the University of Idaho and University of Washington report record incoming classes does not inspire confidence in our future," WSU President Kirk Schulz said in a letter that was posted Thursday.

IT 50